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Adequate fire safety equipment, instrumentation, and engineered services are required for protection of life, asset, environment, including operational continuity by avoidance of downtime lost to shutdown of facility during fire outbreak. Engine rooms of marine machineries are protected with aerosol fire suppression systems whether marine production platforms, cargo ships, ferry boats, flotillas, cruise ships, yachts, cargo ships and small boats. Intrinsically safe equipment with low tendency to produce sparks and high temperatures are the best options, while extrinsically safe equipment acts to check process risk thereby reducing fire risks, and hazards to As-Low-As-Reasonably-Possible (ALARP). Pre-engineered fire protection solutions are so effective due the packaged and automated nature of such helps in early fire response.

Flooding is one of the physical environmental hazards by be caused by man-made or natural sources. About 27 states are already affected, yet the government of Nigeria has warned for state and local governments to prepare for further flooding until the end of November 2022 as related by Richard Davies. About 603 persons have been reported dead in Nigeria since February 2022 according to Sadyyah Umar Farouk. About 1,302,589 have been displaced as related.

The world we are in poses a lot of risks. The work we do likewise constitute a threat to our lives.  Globally, more than 2.78 million people die as a result of work related accidents or diseases. There is an additional 374 million non fatal work related injuries annually.  It is being estimated that the economic burden of occupational related injury and death is nearly four percent of the global gross domestic product of some developed countries.  Conversely, the human cost of this adversity is enormous. Across the world, the level of safety attained in a work environment is a function of the level of investment employers and employees are willing to invest and commit to; no wonder in some quarters safety is top notch while in some places laxity and frequent workplace accidents is palpable.  The reality about the health and safety of Nigerians is still in a messy state.

The scope of marine safety covers both active audit, and passive safety elements as to be captured in the inspection checklist drafted from the templates in the applicable standards. Overall aspects of life safety, and fire safety covers – personal protective equipment, safety of tools and machinery, electrical safety, fire safety, handling of materials, chemical and hazardous substance storage, working at height safety, and behavioral safety. The ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSAS) guidelines can be adapted to any of the specialized codes and standards that are applicable in marine industry. The checklist for ISO 45001 standard is a good footing for marine safety audit, apart from the SOLAS convention agreement, which serves as a discipline specific guideline.

A successfully engineered process is one with SAFE OPERATIONS i.e. that operates without causing any form of harm to both personnel and the environment. Process safety focuses on the application of engineering and design principles, safe operating practices, proper preventing controls, and safe optimization of chemical, physical, biological, etc. processes that have the potential to cause harm by uncontrollably releasing hazardous materials or energy. (e.g. release of hazardous materials, (loss of containment), the uncontrollable release of energy, (explosion, fire).

Owning an Event centres in Nigeria is a big business, so one would wonder what social responsibility owners have towards their customers and stakeholders that they did not think it necessary to do the needful to take proactive steps. But well, your guess is good as mine. Judging from the calibre of guest that do patronize such an even centre, one would have expected them to have a high level of safety and security awareness as its Corporate Social Responsibility. Unfortunately, this was not the case, as this incident only shows that most event centres focus more on making profit without considering their responsibility towards ensuring the safety of lives and property. Reports gathered also indicated that the loss counted as a result of this incident included, properties, disrupted memory of a happy wedding ceremony, brand name and thankfully no casualties.

“An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume associated with an extreme outward release of energy, usually with the generation of high temperatures and release of high-pressure gases… A conflagration is a large fire.” What suddenly increases is temperature, pressure, energy and material volume, thus making explosion and conflagration destructive. Flammable solids (especially dusts or particulate solids), liquids, and gases are most sources of explosion. There are three types of explosions, namely CHEMICAL EXPLOSION, MECHANICAL EXPLOSION, and NUCLEAR EXPLOSION.

Safety Management system (SMS) is a program put in place to promote safety awareness and risk reduction to workers. Safety management helps the efficiency of work force at work place, secure lives, there are massive progress with project that safety is well managed.

Technical Process and Safety Excellence Today: A Needed Professional Skill requiring development in Development Economies

Leading organizations and businesses continue to seek and implement safety process management frameworks in renewed efforts to reduce risks and create safe, reliable and sustainable operations, yet major incidents still occur. In the last decade, there has been a spike in the number of hazards and occurrences which had a significant impact on the safety industry.
This imbalance has prompted a lot of reactions and search for solutions to this anomaly. As such experts and businessmen have continued to create strategies to improve their safety management systems. This has given birth to increased surveillances and improvements of technical process safety in our modern era. This paper discusses critical aspects of technical process safety and reviews other elements as it shares the relevance of process safety to operational excellence.

The Nigerian British Chamber Of Commerce acknowledges the pivotal role that Safety Consultants and Solutions provider plays in stimulating economic growth, providing employment, and promoting innovation and creativity. This year, to celebrate Micro Small and Medium-sized Enterprises week, safety Consultants and Solutions provider was celebrated.